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Our family-run company puts a premium on relationships, quality, and growth. We value our employees and hire people who want to grow with our family operation. You’ll have a chance to do your best here — to try new ideas, forge lasting partnerships, and deepen a legacy that’s over 100 years in the making.

Full time JC Wason employees are eligible to receive paid time off accrual, six paid holidays, 401k retirement plan,
health and eye insurance plans.

 

Current Positions Available

SUMMARY

Performs maintenance of company vehicles and packing shed equipment by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Equipment and Vehicles

  • Maintain forklift, trucks, vehicles, and equipment for JC Watson Packing Company.
  • Maintains trucks, tractors, and other farm equipment for Watson Agriculture Inc.
  • Observe and listen to truck or vehicle operation to determine malfunction and plan work procedures.
  • Maintains ignition systems, wheels and tires, changes or recharges batteries and replacement of truck and vehicle parts.
  • Examines protective guards, loose bolts, and specified safety devices on trucks, and makes adjustments.
  • Lubricates moving parts and drives repaired truck to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Fabricates special lifting or towing attachments, hydraulic systems, shields, or other devices according to blueprints or schematic drawings.

Maintenance and Operation of Packing Equipment

  • Assist shed maintenance in trouble shooting and equipment repair.
  • Assist in the fabrication and modification of packing equipment.
  • Observes and listens to operating machines or equipment to diagnose machine malfunction and determine need for adjustment or repair.
  • Dismantles machine or equipment to examine parts for defect or to remove defective part.
  • Replaces defective part with new part or repairs or reproduces part from various kinds of metal stock.
  • Assembles and test operates machine to verify correction of malfunction.
  • Maintains and lubricates machine tools and equipment.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

This position requires 5 years minimum of hands-on working knowledge on trucks, diesel engines and farm equipment, including, but not limited to forklifts, tractors, planters and overall engine repairs.

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